Hamilton County Civil War Memorial (Aurora, Nebraska)
Union
Monument type:
Statue - standing soldier
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Address:
Aurora
Nebraska
USA
Inscription:
"Hamilton County's
Memorial to The
Union Soldier.
1861 - 1865.
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2,350,000
Volunteers.
360,000
died that their
country might live.
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Lincoln,
Commander in Chief.
Grant,
The General.
Farragut,
The Admiral.
The Boys in Blue
Fought the Battles.
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Chandler Post
G.A.R.
Memorial Day
1906.
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[Monument base panels]
For what he was and all he dared,
remember him today.
Fort Sumter
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Dedicated to Liberty and Union,
Now and Forever,
One and Inseparable.
Gettysburg
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While Virtue, Honor, Love shall flow,
Their deeds and fame
shall brighter grow.
Vicksburg One Country and One Flag.
""Lex regit, Amar Tuentur.""
Appomattox"
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GAR
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Indigenous Land
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Data Sources:
"Civil War Memorial, a War Memorial". The Historical Marker Database, https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=79857. Accessed 27 Mar. 2024.
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